Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced on Wednesday she will no longer handle the prosecution of Alec Baldwin for the fatal October 2021 shooting on the “Rust” movie set.
The decision comes two weeks after New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Reeb, the special prosecutor in the “Rust” case, resigned on the premise that she didn’t want questions over her dual roles as a lawmaker and prosecutor to “cloud the real issue at hand.”
In their place, attorneys Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis will take over as special prosecutors on the case against “Rust” actor Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who are accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins….